Congratulations on the fine efforts of KCRL doctoral students Hsiang Ling Chen (road impacts on red squirrels), Jonathan Derbridge (stable isotope use in assessing diets of wolves), and Melissa Merrick (natal dispersal determinants in endangered red squirrels) in presenting their research at the annual conference of The Wildlife Society held 25-29 October 2015 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Posters were also presented by MS students, Maria Altemus (home range ecology of antelope jackrabbits) and Allyssa Kilanowski (juvenile dispersal in chipmunks), to showcase the efforts of these lab group members. Excellent attendance at the downtown riverside convention center and fall colors on the surrounding hills combined with great presentations for a wonderful conference. Great job!
Monthly Archives: October 2014
Dr. Koprowski nominated TWS Fellow at The Wildlife Society 2014 Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh
Our fearless leader, Dr. K, was nominated as a TWS Fellow at The Wildlife Society Annual meeting in Pittsburgh this week!
This award recognizes members who have distinguished themselves through exceptional service to the wildlife profession. TWS Fellows serve as ambassadors of The Wildlife Society and as such are encouraged to engage in outreach and other activities that will benefit and promote TWS and the wildlife profession. TWS Fellows are appointed for life.
Go Team KowPow!
KCRL student videos receive top votes at First Annual SNRE Film Festival
KCRL graduate and undergraduate students submitted short videos about summer research to the first annual School of Natural Resources and the Environment Film Festival. Both videos received top votes! Check out our winning entries on You Tube:
What Does the Squirrel Say? – Featuring Allyssa Kilanowski, Jonathan Derbridge, Melissa Merrick, Jennifer Merems, Wing Pearl Lam, and Michael Taylor:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRg9UxEhSjM&list=UUEJxCfmqqlFPJAFsWzsECQQ
Night of the Lepus – Featuring Maria Altemus and Nerissa Hall:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-bB-wkcmj8&list=UUEJxCfmqqlFPJAFsWzsECQQ
Mt. Graham red squirrels in the news!
Arizona endangered species research and management in the news! Check out a recent story about efforts to preserve the Mt. Graham red squirrel and how annual population estimates are generated. This story appears in the Cronkite News, a digital media outlet offering professional journalism experience to students in Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. See if you can catch a quote by KCRL’s leader, Dr. K in the this piece and don’t miss the associated Video Story with footage from the Phoenix Zoo’s Mt. Graham red squirrel captive breeding facility.
KCRL is successfully using non-invasive methods to study and monitor San Bernardino Flying Squirrels
The Koprowsk Conservation Research Laboratory has begun a collaborative research project with the San Bernardino National Forest, CA to study San Bernardino flying squirrels (Glaucomys sabrinus californicus), an isolated subspecies of northern flying squirrel and potential candidate for listing under the Endangered Species Act. The KCRL has successfully implemented non-invasive sampling techniques, including camera traps and hair tubes, to learn about the basic ecology of San Bernardino flying squirrels and their response to recent fire.
Trail camera images of San Bernardino flying squirrels investigating hair tubes are shown below:
UA Conservation Research Lab News 